Unable to locate tools.jar

java apache ant build compilation
Wassim AZIRAR picture Wassim AZIRAR · Jul 13, 2011 · Viewed 132.9k times · Source

Possible Duplicate:
Unable to locate tools.jar

I'm trying to use ant to compile using this command :

 ant compile

I don't know if the problem comes from my windows 64bit, or by something else. Because I have java Installed in the 64 & 32 prog files.

Java 64 & 32

I downloaded apache-ant-1.8.2-bin and putted it in C:\Program Files\apache-ant-1.8.2

I tried to put ant everywhere, I switched also the ENV PATH between java 64 and 32 but everytime I get this error message :

Unable to locate tools.jar. Expected to find it in C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\lib\tools.jar

I searched for tools.jar in the ant lib folder, in the java 64 and 32, but no trace of it in the system.

What do you think ?

Answer

Sean Patrick Floyd picture Sean Patrick Floyd · Jul 13, 2011

A JRE doesn't have a tools.jar, you need a JDK. Set your JAVA_HOME and PATH variables so that they point to a JDK, not a JRE.

Related questions

Can someone explain the ivy.xml dependency's conf attribute?

I can't find any thorough explanation of the Ivy dependency tag's conf attribute: <dependency org="hibernate" name="hibernate" rev="3.1.3" conf="runtime, standalone -> runtime(*)"/> See that conf attribute? I can't find any explanation (that I can understand) …

Read More
How to use encrypted password in apache BasicDataSource?

At present i am keeping the password [ unencrypted ] in a property file. This password get placed as is in the configuration xml using ant. [ The configuration xml is for datasource, it is creating the object of dbcp.BasicDataSource ] Now, is …

Read More
how to make log4j to write to the console as well

Is there any way to tell to log4j to write its log to the file and to the console? thanks there are my properties: log4j.rootLogger=DEBUG,console,R log4j.rootLogger=INFO, FILE log4j.appender.CONSOLE=…

Read More